Sweet Potatoes
carb ingredient
What is it?
Sweet Potatoes is a carbohydrate (starch/filler) ingredient. Graded good: a real, recognisable ingredient that adds nutritional value, so it lifts a product’s score.
Other names on labels: sweet potato, boniato, yam
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dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potato
At a glance
- Base score
- 1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 1,794 products
Products containing sweet potatoes
Results reflect the latest label we hold for each product, not a live check of today's recipe. Open a product to see its source and last-checked date.
Common questions about sweet potatoes
Is Sweet Potatoes good for dogs?
Yes, we grade it as a good ingredient: recognisable and nutritionally useful, so it lifts a product’s score. Bear in mind that no single ingredient decides quality; the whole recipe and its balance matter more.
Are sweet potatoes good for dogs in grain-free food?
Sweet potato is a nutritious, digestible carbohydrate and one of the better grain-free staples. One caveat: grain-free recipes that replace cereal with very large amounts of legumes and potatoes were investigated in the US over a possible link with heart disease, and no firm cause was established. We score the recipe as a whole rather than singling out this ingredient.
How many UK dog foods contain sweet potatoes?
1,794 UK products list sweet potatoes as an ingredient in our database. The full list is shown above, sorted by rating.
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What else is sweet potatoes called on labels?
Manufacturers list it under several names: sweet potato, boniato, yam, dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potato. We match all of these to the same glossary entry when we read a label.
How does Open Dog Food grade sweet potatoes?
We grade it good, our highest grade, reserved for recognisable ingredients that add real nutritional value. Every ingredient is converted to its dry-matter share and scored from our glossary before a recipe gets its 1-100 rating; the full method is on our methodology page.